ecommerce

Understanding The Purpose Of Your Website

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:52:03 +0100

Purpose of Your Website: Would you buy meat from a grocery store that left the bad meat in with the good meat or wasn't clean? Would you buy a car from a sales lot that had totaled automobiles on the front lot? I wouldn't and neither would you. Your website is your grocery store; your car lot. You must have an atmosphere that is pleasing to buyers. One that tells that buyer that you are not an amateur, but instead a trained, seasoned professional. Your site is a direct reflection

Proven Ways To Start An Online Business

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:51:40 +0100

Starting an online business appeals to many budding business owners. At first glance an online business seems easier to start, lower risk and less costly compared to opening a physical business. These assumptions may be true for the most part, but building an online business has many pitfalls that most hopeful business owners are not aware of.

How To Test Sales Copy

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:51:11 +0100

How to Test Sales Copy: You’ve got a website and it’s selling some copies of your product. You want to sell more, but how do you properly test the changes you make in order for you to know how you are improving your sales?

Starting A Small Ecommerce Business

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:50:42 +0100

Starting A Small Ecommerce Business: With a little knowledge, skills, and determination, anyone can start an ecommerce business. In this article, I'll go over a few of the basic components that you'll need when starting your ecommerce business.

Viral Marketing – Making Your Site Sell Itself

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:49:27 +0100

Do you remember making snowmen when you were a kid? Remember how you started with a little ball of snow, and kept rolling the ball until it became a large ball? Did you ever roll your ball of snow down the hill and watch as it got bigger and bigger and bigger!?

What Is Affiliate Marketing?

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:48:29 +0100

What is Affiliate Marketing?: You have a good website, perhaps about a niche area that you specialize in or about a passionate hobby of yours. Your readers love your articles. Your homepage is widely book marked and your newsletter has membership in thousands. Great!

Have you monetized your traffic? Have you signed up for Affiliate Programs?

Online Business And The Solution Driven Mindset

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:41:29 +0100

Online Business: I can't begin to relate how rewarding it is to have a solution driven mindset. This is the manner of thinking that looks at a difficulty and tries to find a solution, as opposed to excuses or avoidance. Online business is a business like any other, and problems occasionally arise. You might also fail to reach your goals once in a while, and both of these are instances where a solution driven mindset works so very well.

Broaden Your Websites Horizon

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:41:08 +0100

Successful websites extend their reach far and wide! They build links, connections, partnerships, or use whatever means they can to extend the reach of their sites. By extending their reach, these websites create greater exposure, bringing in more targeted traffic, leads and sales.

Google Search Engine Optimisation: The 80/20 Rule

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:40:51 +0100

Google search engine optimisation:Search engine optimisation or optimization (with a 'z' or is that 'zee' if your from across 'the pond') techniques are constantly evolving. This evolution is in response to the evolution of search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN. Google in particular has come to be seen as the most sophisticated and advanced search engine as it is armed with an array of anti-spam technology.

Small Business Websites: Creating A Website That Sells

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:40:10 +0100

Small Business Websites: Designing a good sales website can be the difference between losing a visitor and making a sale. You’ve got ten seconds to capture a viewer’s attention and convince them to stay—that’s how long it takes people to decide to keep reading, or move on.

What Is Affiliate Marketing?

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:39:47 +0100

What is Affiliate Marketing? Affiliate marketing is advertising for someone else in exchange for a cut of the sales you generate. You’re sharing your traffic for a price. It’s a great way to capitalize on the traffic your website’s already producing.

Issues To Consider When Starting Your Own Affiliate Program

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:38:55 +0100

When you want to take control and are thinking of starting your own affiliate program, there are certain things you will need to offer. You need to make it easy for affiliates to get on board and get started right away. To do this, you will need to offer them certain things to work with. You should immediately tell them everything they need to know in the first email you send to them. You don’t have to go into great detail about it but you can touch on certain things and give more detail on your site. Take a look at some of the tools

The Relationship Between Impressions, Clicks, Leads, And Sales

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:38:03 +0100

The relationship between Impressions, Clicks, Leads, and Sales: Recently someone asked a question that made me realize that most folks haven’t been around the 'net as several models for selling advertising were attempted. This primer should help everyone understood all of the terminology that goes into selling advertising.

Starting An E-commerce Business

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:37:14 +0100

Starting an E-Commerce Business: The definition of E-Commerce is: "Commerce conducted via the Internet".

Well, this simple word called E-Commerce sounds fairly easy to perform, but keep in mind that, it could take a lifetime to master.

Many of the E-Commerce businesses online today are basically small "Ma and Pa" Home Based Businesses. Yes, that's right, the American dream of "Business Opportunities from Home" have skyrocketed and placed a warm glow into the hearts of every entrepreneur.

Promoting Your Website Offline

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:36:34 +0100

Promoting your website offline: Serious entrepreneurs know that there is no such thing as “enough promotion”. To achieve success each business needs to use all possible marketing channels. We live in a world dominated by technology and the Internet is the perfect proof to sustain this statement. Doing business online goes beyond mere transactions: there are no borders. Once you start an e-business

Does Pay Per Click Advertising Still Pay?

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:35:38 +0100

Does Pay Per click advertising still pay?:In theory, using the search engines sponsored Pay Per Click
advertising is a quick and easy way to provide instant and
targeted traffic to your web site. And historically this has
always been a good option for new web sites that don’t have any
other way to get traffic.

Search Engine Optimization For Beginners

Tue, 1 Aug 2006 09:09:10 +0100

If you are confused about terms like "search engine optimization" or having a "search engine friendly" site, then listen up! I am here to help.

Depending on how long you have had, or considered having, a website online, you have heard terms thrown around like the above or even worse, acronyms! SEO comes to mind.

Five Credibility Boosting Elements For Web Sites

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:08:29 +0100

Who are you, really? And why should I trust you? Without face-to-face contact or a trusted intermediary who has vouched for you, visitors to your web site often have these two questions paramount in their minds when considering doing business with you. Use these five elements to boost your perceived trustworthiness and coax possible customers to step forward and buy.

How To Backup Your Hard Drive

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:07:59 +0100

We all know that we should back up our system as soon as possible. But if you're like most of us, you will get to it tomorrow. The problem is that tomorrow rarely ever comes until you experience a serious computer failure and then it's too late.

Five Short Quick Tips On Web Page Titles

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:07:25 +0100

Marketing Master, Catherine Franz, shares five quick and easy tips on how you can maximize your website page titles with Yahoo and Google.

Search engine spiders read and record page titles first.
Here are five tips on how you can get the search engine spiders to read your titles and use them in their optimization process:

5 Great Places To Promote Your Website

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:06:55 +0100

1. Self Promotion: This site is a great resource for do-it- yourself site promotion. You will find all the information and automatic submission tools you need. If you invest a little time into reading and using this resource, you'll save yourself a lot of time and effort. Learn how to improve your rankings, use pay-per-click, and more. http://selfpromotion.com/

Contextual Advertising: Is It Right For You?"

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:06:27 +0100

If online advertising had fads, contextual ads would be the latest "in thing."
Also known as "content targeting," they seem to be "popping up" (no pun intended) all over the Web. From news sites to privately owned websites, everyone and his brother seems to be dipping his "toe in the water."

10 Secrets To Improving Your Website's Conversion Ratio

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:06:00 +0100

According to the experts, a decent sales conversion ratio is right around one percent. In other words, one out of every one hundred visitors to your website converts to a sale.

10 Ways To Get More Profit From Your E-zine

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:36:37 +0100

Publishing an e-zine will help you to strengthen your status as an expert in your field and convert more of your visitors into customers.

The following tips will provide you with ways to successfully increase the revenue you get from publishing your own e-zine

What Every Blogger Needs To Know About Their Target Audience

Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:35:57 +0100

It doesn't matter what kind of web site you have you must understand your target audience and know what it is that they want. Please notice that I used the word want and not the word need. There is a world of difference between wants and needs.
For example you might need a means of getting from A to B and almost any vehicle would fulfil

How To Accept Credit Cards On Your Website

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:35:29 +0100

An online check is an electronic transaction enabling the customer to approve payment. A customer needs a checking account and a valid routing and account number to use this option. It is automatically deducted from their checking account through the ACH (Automated Clearing House) system. For the merchant, accepting credit card payments

Orient Your First-time Web Site Visitor

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:35:15 +0100

Imagine spinning someone around so profoundly and for so long that when you finally tell them to open their eyes, they ask "Where am I?" not knowing if they are even on the same continent they started from. When someone comes to your web site from a search engine or through a link from another site, it's like that for them. They may have little or no context within which to understand your home page -

Learn How To Market Your Ebusiness In Real Time

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:52:14 +0100

Everything you will ever need to know about internet marketing is plainly available to you everywhere you go on the internet. All you need to do is dissect, study, and emulate these methods and you invariably will become just as successful as the people who created them.

How To Increase Your Sales With Audio

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:51:17 +0100

Audio increases your sales. Point blank. Period.
Recent studies claim that audio can increase your sales up to 300%. Independent studies by Terry Telford, from The Business Professional, have shown sales increases of 163% on one website and 79% on another. Both tests were run over a 3 week period.

6 Ways That Blogging Can Save You Money

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:50:45 +0100

Even though I've had several personal blogs for years, I've only been officially business blogging since 2003. So in going back over expenses for the last quarter, you can imagine my shock when I realized that my overall business costs were down about 19%. What saved me so much money? Surprisingly, blogging.

Why Doesn't My Small Business Website Sell?

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:50:07 +0100

Many small business owners are disappointed by the ability of their web site to generate new business. Simply having a web site does not guarantee its effectiveness as a marketing tool. If your web site is unable to consistently generate new leads and prospects you may well be disappointed in your investment in your web site.
Does this sound familiar? If so, you may be making one of several common mistakes made by small business owners when they decide to turn to the web for more business.

7 Pitfalls Of Using Email To Sell

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:49:28 +0100

Are you sending e-mails to prospects instead of calling them?

* Is e-mail your selling medium of choice because it lets you avoid the rejection that you dread when you make real cold calls?

* Do you wait and wait for return e-mails from prospects that will give you the green light to move the sales process forward?

Sad but true, these days most people who sell for a living spend 80% of their time trying to communicate with prospects via e-mail instead of actually picking up the phone and speaking with them. Are you one of those people? If so, you aren't alone...but do you understand why you've turned to e-mail instead of personal contact? I think there are 2 core reasons that underlie this unfortunate trend:

Tools For Online Tracking

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:48:52 +0100

In order to determine which advertising and marketing efforts are effective you must have ways to measure the results of those efforts.

Alerts and instant notifications can be instrumental in monitoring search engine position, trademarked terms, monitoring competitors and staying abreast of online occurrences. And, of course, the notification can be used for "ego searches".

7 Traffic Generating Sites You Never Heard Of But You Should

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:48:17 +0100

There are tons of fr*ee traffic generators you can use to build traffic to your site. Some are better than others, but before you go signing up for 50 accounts, let me give you a couple of tips, as well as seven sites I think do the job better in getting you the traffic and sales you want.

Creating Accessible Websites

Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:47:48 +0100

Creating Accessible Websites An accessible website is one that allows people with visual, aural, or physical disabilities full access to the information and services available in the same way as able-bodied people.

How To Integrate Clickbank Affiliate Links Into Your Website

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:46:57 +0100

If you're trying to make money online, you either have to have your own product/service or promote someone else's. Usually this is in the form of what's called "affiliate programs."

How To Dominate Google Adwords From Day 1

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:43:13 +0100

What Great Online Advertising Really Is

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:25:26 +0100

Many business people have a distorted view about the distinction between sales & marketing. The common view looks something like this. "Market by advertising to get your name out there, so that people will be familiar with you. When they need what we're selling, they'll know who to call".

Tools for Online Tracking

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:24:38 +0100

7 Traffic Generating Sites You Never Heard Of But You Should

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:23:57 +0100

Creating Accessible Websites

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:23:21 +0100

How To Dominate Google Adwords From Day 1

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:23:02 +0100

Whether you're promoting an affiliate program or your own product, using pay per click traffic is almost necessary.

Wait, let me re-phrase that - pay per click traffic is almost necessary to TEST. Let's be frank, this form of traffic does NOT work for all niches and businesses.

Also, succeeding with pay per click traffic is not as easy as just putting up an ad and sending traffic to your main site.

There are lots of elements involved

Seo: Simulating Organic Growth On A Busy Schedule

Mon, 29 May 2006 11:40:04 +0100

SEO: When you first launch a website, you naturally want all the content crammed into it that you can lay hands on. But if it's real traffic you're looking for, consider taking a more patient approach.

Ecommerce audio courses

Mon, 22 May 2006 17:20:52 +0100

sellection of practical audio courses to help with your website and emarketing

Ecommerce legal support

Mon, 22 May 2006 17:19:32 +0100

Information on the legal aspects of ecommerce.

Ecommerce business forms

Mon, 22 May 2006 17:18:13 +0100

Business forms, licenses, agreements and checklists for your website:

Software License Agreement
Trade Name License Agreement
Website Content License Agreement
Request To Use Copyrighted Material
Copyright Infringement Notice
Limited Warranty For Software
Domain Name Purchase Agreement
Website Development Checklist
Website Development Agreement
Online Disclosure For Terms Of Use
Online Information Disclaimer
Websiteterms Of Use
Online Contract
Website Privacy Policy - Sample
Ecommerce Agreement
Web Linking License Agreement

Ecommerce articles

Mon, 22 May 2006 17:17:00 +0100

The latest articles on ecommerce:

Rss, Xml And Feed Readers? Huh? Help!
Rss Promise For Internet Users
Rss: News You Choose
What Is Rss - For Marketers
Rss Tools
Seo: Simulating Organic Growth On A Busy
Google Analytics: Tracking Your Website Traffic
Affiliate Marketing: The Easy Way To Start An Online Business
Blogging: What Is It And How Can It Help Your Business?
Small Business Computer Backup: Are Protecting Your Data?
Affiliate Networks: Learn And Earn
Improved Search Engine Ranking
Internet Local Search: Rely On Internet Local Search To Bolster Your Yellow Page Directory Category
Joint Ventures: The Power Of Partnership
Using Google: To Google Or Be Googled
Click Through Rate Improvement In Google Adwords
What Is A Affiliate Marketing Program
Online Directories: How They Work In Your Favour
Targeted Traffic To Your Website
Jagger And Google: The Aftermath
Website Submission - Secrets From A Seo Specialist
Pay Per Click Advertising: Does It Work?
Joint Ventures: Increase Your Profits
Small Business Merchant Account Providers
Survival Without Computers
Ecommerce - A Plan
Choosing From Among The Many Merchant Services
Low Cost Internet Advertising Solution Versus Conventional Advertising
How To Setup The Ultimate Affiliate Programme
What I Have Learnt As A Beginner To Internet Business
Increase Your Web Business Profits Before Christmas! - 9 Great Ways
Grow An Affiliate Business
Are Reciprocal Links Dead? Google's Jagger Update
The Truth About Adsense Placement - Getting More Clicks
Flash Tricks For Improved Search Engine Rankings
How To Supercharge Your Website
Starting A South African Home Business Online
Choosing Keywords: Making Informed Keyword Choices
Online Marketing: How To Excell
Three Big Barriers To Small Business Marketing Success
Website Traffic Sources: The Best Of
How To Build A Business Website
The Unlimited Power Of Joint Ventures
Affiliate Program Mastery: Learn How To Build Internet Capital Goods For Free
Make Money Online With Affiliate Programs
Affiliate Programs Are Wonderlands Of Opportunities
7 Ways To Increase Your Affiliate Commissions
How To Profit From 2 Tier Affiliate Programs And Build A Sub-affiliate Army In The Next 24 Hours!
6 Ways To Increase Your Affiliate Income
The Do's And Don'ts Of Launching A Small Business Website
Web Advertsing: Its All About The Click Thrus!
Top 10 Website Mistakes: Are You Making Them?
Seecrets On Google: Almost Everything You Want To Know About Google
Affiliate Marketing With Google Adwords
How To Run A Profitable Website
4 Tricks For Lightning Fast Indexing
10 Killer Ways To Keep Your Profits Rolling
7 Tips To Test Your Online Business Ideas
What Great Online Advertising Really Is!
How To Use Pay Per Click Ads Without Ruining Yourself.
The 3 Most Popular Online Business Models
How Do I Drive Traffic To A Brand New Website?
South African Search Engines: Do They Know Your Website?
Optimization Tips For The New Msn Search Engine
Determining Keywords For The Optimisation Of Your Website
Top 7 Ways To Succeed In The Business Of Speaking
The Ultimate Free Google Ranking Tool
Understanding Web Logs And Why It Matters
20 Successful Tips For Creating A Powerful Web Site
Should You Be Using Rss Feeds And Blogs?
How To Build Link Popularity
Can A Ping Really Help Your Blog Get Top Search Engine Rankings?
How To Track Online Marketing Roi Using Cost-per-action
Google Adwords And The Lost Art Of Copywriting
10 Profitable Ways To Elevate Your Subscriptions
Get Spidered By Google-fast
How To Build Your List – 7 Powerful Strategies
6 Ways To Attract Search Engines To Your Website
Some Of The Best Ways To Get Visitors To Your Site
How To Get Repeat Visitors To Your Site
Why Do Many People Fail In Affiliate Marketing!
Writing International English For The Www
Forums - Why You Might Want One And How To Get One...
Active Vs. Passive Website Traffic Generation
8 Easy Ways To Boost Credibility And Online Sales
How To Get Your Customers To Trust Your Website
The 7 Habits Of A Successful Web-marketing Plan
To Blog Or Not To Blog
Top Ten Ways To Attract Buyers, Not Just Visitors To Your Web Site
Using Resell Rights To Get Traffic And Subscribers
Build Traffic With Smart Autoresponders
Why Authors Should Blog
Pay-per-click Search Advertising Comes First
Selling Your Online Business
How To Get Software Developed For Your Business
How To Profit From 2 Tier Affiliate Programs
15 Ways To Promote Elearning Programs
How To Effectively Use Offline Advertising To Build Your Online Business
A Fundamental Overview Of Pay Per Click Search Engines
Understanding Affiliate Programs
Business Blogging - 5 Tips To Help You Barrel Through Writer's Block
Search Engine Optimization For Beginners
Five Credibility Boosting Elements For Web Sites
How To Backup Your Hard Drive
Five Short Quick Tips On Web Page Titles
5 Great Places To Promote Your Website
Contextual Advertising: Is It Right For You?"
10 Secrets To Improving Your Website's Conversion Ratio
10 Ways To Get More Profit From Your E-zine
What Every Blogger Needs To Know About Their Target Audience
How To Accept Credit Cards On Your Website
Orient Your First-time Web Site Visitor
Learn How To Market Your Ebusiness In Real Time
How To Increase Your Sales With Audio
6 Ways That Blogging Can Save You Money
Why Doesn't My Small Business Website Sell?
7 Pitfalls Of Using Email To Sell
Tools For Online Tracking
Speeding Up Adobe Reader
7 Traffic Generating Sites You Never Heard Of But You Should
Creating Accessible Websites
"how To Integrate Clickbank Affiliate Links Into Your Website"
How To Dominate Google Adwords From Day 1

Ecommerce Business Guides

Mon, 22 May 2006 17:15:00 +0100

Secrets For Writing Effective Sales Letters
Writing Sales Letters That Sell
Writing A Web Article
Evaluating An Online Business Opportunity
Emarketing: An Introduction
Dispelling The Myths Around E-marketing
Basics Of Writing An E-book
Avoiding The 16 Crucial E-business Mistakes
E-commerce Essentials
Writing Effective Emails
Growing A Online Business
Computer Back-ups For Small Business
Building Customers Relationships On Line